Book reviews
A Lexicon for the Linguistically Curious
Ever wonder what the six teeth on all Venetian gondolas signify? (The six…
The Slavery Story You Won’t Learn in School
For historians of human enslavement—and for black Africans more generally—the…
Time to Man Up
Scott Galloway can be annoying. In his book, Notes on Being a Man, he admits as…
Stiff Competition
This book explores not death itself, but what remains after it: the human body.…
A Book to Sink Your Teeth Into
Brian Raftery's investigation of the serial killer, cannibal, gourmand, and…
Kicking and Screaming Against America and Israel
In the 1970s, after the Six-Day War had time to sink in, an impressive number of…
China Is Stealing Our Tech. And It’s Partly Our Fault.
In recent years, there has been growing concern that the United States and China…
Membership Has Its Privileges
London Clubland: A Companion for the Curious, by historian Seth Alexander…
Medicine’s Descent Into Madness
The Minnesota chapter of White Coats for Black Lives, a medical student group,…
The Soviet Defector Who Did the Most Damage
During the past 30 years, extraordinary material released from American and…
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